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Harry Clarke (1889–1931) was an Irish stained-glass artist and book illustrator. He produced more than 130 stained glass windows, he and his brother Walter having taken over his father's studio after his death in 1921.[1] His glass is distinguished by the finesse of its drawing and his use of rich colours, and an innovative integration of the window leading as part of the overall design, originally inspired by an early visit to see the stained glass of the Cathedral of Chartres. He was especially fond of deep blues. Clarke's use of heavy lines in his black-and-white book illustrations echoes his glass techniques.[2]
Clarke's work includes both religious and secular stained glass windows. Highlights of the former include the windows of the Honan Chapel in University College Cork; of the latter, a window illustrating John Keats' The Eve of St. Agnes (now in the Hugh Lane Municipal Gallery in Dublin) and the Geneva Window (now in the Wolfsonian Museum, Miami, Florida, USA).[2] Perhaps his most seen works were the windows he made for Bewley's Café on Dublin's Grafton Street.[1]
List of leaded glass windows (by Harry Clarke)
edit| Building | Location | Year | Details | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crawford Art Gallery[3] |  Cork | 1910 | The Consecration of St. Mel, Bishop of Longford | Awarded a gold medal at the 1911 National Competition in South Kensington. |
| 1911 | The Godhead Enthroned | |||
| The Meeting of St. Brendan with the Unhappy Judas | ||||
| National College of Art and Design | Dublin 8 | 1912 | The Baptism of St. Patrick | Part of six panels designed for the 1912 National Competition in South Kensington while Clarke was a student at the Dublin Metropolitan School of Art. Clarke won a gold medal in the competition, as well as first prize in the annual Royal Dublin Society's 1913 Art Industries Exhibition.[4] |
| National Museum of Ireland – Decorative Arts and History | Dublin 7 | 1912 | The Unhappy Judas | Won a Gold Medal at the 1913 National Competition in South Kensington, as well as first prize in the annual Royal Dublin Society's 1913 Art Industries Exhibition. Acquired by the museum in 2008.[5] |
| 1918 | A Meeting | Inspired by a ballad written by Heinrich Heine.[6] | ||
| Honan Chapel, University College Cork[7] | Cork | 1915 | St. Brigid[8] | Described by critic Brian Fallon as "one of the central masterpieces of twentieth-century Irish art", describing the windows as "... hieratic, Byzantine, and so powerful and original in colour that it is hard if not impossible to think of any European equivalent to them since the Middle Ages."[9] |
| St. Patrick | ||||
| St. Colmcille | ||||
| 1916 | St. Finnbarr[10] | |||
| St. Ita[11] | ||||
| St. Albert[12] | ||||
| St. Gobnait[13] | ||||
| St. Brendan[14] | ||||
| St. Declan[15] | ||||
| St. Joseph[16] | ||||
| 1917 | Our Lady of Sorrows[17] | |||
| National Gallery of Ireland | Dublin 2 | 1917 | The Song of the Mad Prince | After the 1913 poem by Walter de la Mare. Housed in a James Hicks cabinet and originally made for Clarke's patron Thomas Bodkin.[18] Acquired by the gallery in 1987.[19] |
| 1922 | Titania Enchanting Bottom | Depicts Act IV, Scene I of Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream and mounted in a James Hicks cabinet. Acquired by the gallery in 2023.[19] | ||
| 1926 | The Mother of Sorrows | Acquired in 2002 from the Convent of Notre Dame at Dowanhill in Glasgow, Scotland.[20] | ||
| Private Collection formerly Marino (Abbey Lea)[21] | Killiney, Co. Dublin | 1917 | Queens of Sheba, Meath and Connaught | Nine frieze windows based on J. M. Synge's poem "Queens". The windows were commissioned by Laurence Ambrose Waldron for his house, Marino, which later became known as Abbey Lea and served as the Australian ambassador's residence. They sold at auction for UK£331,500 in 1997.[22][23] |
| Queens men drew like Monna Lisa | ||||
| Lucrenzia Crivelli | ||||
| Queens in Glenmacnass | ||||
| Etain, Helen, Maeve, and Fand | ||||
| Bert | ||||
| Queens who cut the bogs of Glanna | ||||
| Queens who wasted the East by proxy | ||||
| Queen of all are living or have been | ||||
| St. Barrahane's Church[24] | Castletownshend, Co. Cork | 1918 | The Nativity with the Adoration of the Kings and the Shepherds | In memory of Thomas Somerville and his wife, Henrietta Townsend of Drishane House. The tracery lights depict Sts. Brigid, Fachtna, and Barrahane.[25] |
| 1920 | St. Louis IX, King of France | In memory of Kendall Coghill, who died during the Indian Rebellion of 1857.[26] | ||
| St. Martin of Tours dividing his Cloak for a Beggar | ||||
| 1926 | St. Luke attended by Sts. Cecelia, Barrahane, and Fidelis | In memory of Sir Egerton Coghill.[27] | ||
| Church of the Assumption, Bride Street[28] | Wexford, Co. Wexford | 1919 | Madonna and Child | Together known as the "O'Keefe Memorial Window" after Lieutenant Henry O'Keefe. It was commissioned by his mother after O'Keefe died in France in May 1917 during World War I.[29] Second window also described as Sts. Aiden and Breen[30]: 305 |
| Adored by Sts. Adrian and Aiden | ||||
| Holy Trinity Church[31] | Killiney, Co. Dublin | 1919 | Angel of Hope and Peace | In memory of Clifford B. Lloyd, who was killed during World War I.[32] |
| Vincentian Fathers Church of St. Peter[33] | Phibsborough, Dublin 7 | 1919 | Adoration of the Sacred Heart | Incorporated into the church's Chapel of Adoration.[34] |
| St. Margaret Mary | ||||
| St. John Eudes | ||||
| 1924 | Four Decorative Windows | In the Mortuary Chapel. Collages made of cullet and incorporating symbols of the passion of Christ. | ||
| Little Museum of Dublin | Dublin 2 | c. 1920 | St. Brendan | Labeled as "The Window No-One Wanted", the small panel was rescued from a skip and some pieces are missing.[35] |
| St. Mary's Church |  Nantwich, Cheshire | 1920 | Madonna and Child[36] | The quatrefoil and trefoil windows above the main window include St. Adria, St. Clare, St. Francis of Assisi, Mary Magdalen, St. Brigid, and St. Nicholas[37] |
| St. Cecelia | ||||
| Richard Cœur de Lion | ||||
| Brian Clarke Collection of Stained Glass | London | 1921 | Bluebeard's Last Wife | Panel mounted in a James Hicks cabinet. Acquired at auction in 2021 for €165,000.[38] |
| St. Mary's Church | Sturminster Newton, Dorset | 1921 | Our Lady and child | Tracery lights above the window contain a quatrefoil of the St. George cross and four angels[39] |
| St. Elizabeth of Hungary | ||||
| St. Barbara | ||||
| Christ Church[40] | Gorey, Co. Wexford | 1922 | St. Stephen | In memory of Percival Lea-Wilson. A 1920 Joshua Clarke & Sons window in the church is also dedicated to Lea-Wilson. |
| 1923 | St. Martin of Tours | |||
| St. Luke | ||||
| Rose Window | Designed by Clarke but completed by Harry Clarke Studio.[41] | |||
| Hugh Lane Gallery | Dublin 1 | 1923 | The Eve of St. Agnes | Illustration of John Keats's poem of the same name. Across two panels, the window includes 14 scenes from the poem, along with two semi-circular decorative panels at the top and a frieze below. Excerpts from the poem label each of the scenes.[42] Originally created for George N. Jacob's home on Ailesbury Road in Dublin, James Hicks built wooden slips to hold the window. After Jacob's death, his son, Harold, moved the windows to his house in Foxrock, Co. Dublin. In 1949, the panels were acquired by Richard King and placed into storage until they were acquired in the late 1970s by the Hugh Lane Gallery for IR£20,000.[43] |
| 1930 | Mr. Gilhooley | Based on a work of the same name by Liam O'Flaherty. The original of a panel from the Geneva Window. A second panel was made due to a crack in the figure's neck. | ||
| Sts. Peter & Paul Catholic Church | Balbriggan, Co. Dublin | 1923 | The Visitation | |
| St. Joseph's Church | Terenure, Dublin 6 | 1922 | The Annunciation | |
| 1923 | Our Lady Queen of Heaven | Described as 'Adoration of the Cross'[30]: 166 | ||
| St. Stephens Cathedral |  Brisbane, Queensland | 1923 | The Ascension | Commissioned by Archbishop Sir James Duhig. Inscribed to the memory of Isaac and William Mayne.[44] |
| Burrell Collection |  Glasgow | 1932 | The Coronation of the Blessed Virgin | Originally made for the Convent of Notre Dame at Dowanhill in Glasgow, Scotland. Purchased by Glasgow Museums in 2002 for UK£132,000.[2]: 253–255 |
| Chapel of the Sacred Heart[45] | Dingle, Co. Kerry | 1924 | The Visit of the Magi | The 12 windows cover six scenes from the life of Jesus. The chapel is now under the ownership of the Díseart Centre of Irish Spirituality and Culture.[46] |
| The Baptism of Jesus | ||||
| Let the little children come to me | ||||
| The Sermon on the Mount | ||||
| The Agony in the Garden | ||||
| Jesus appears to Mary Magdalene | ||||
| Church of Sacred Heart | Donnybrook, Dublin 4 | 1924 | St. Rita and St. Bernard | |
| Eneriley and Kilbride Church of Ireland | Arklow, Co. Wicklow | 1924 | Resurrection window | Clarke is also credited with a small, abstract window in the North transept over the door.[47] |
| St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church |  Castletown | 1924 | The Annunciation | Variously attributed to Clarke and to the Clarke Brothers.[48][49] |
| The Resurrection | ||||
| St. MacCullin's Parish Church | Lusk, Co. Dublin | 1924 | Dempsey Memorial Lancet Window of St. Maculind | The artist's self-portrait among the afflicted[50] |
| St. Michael and St. John | Cloughjordan, Co. Tipperary | 1924 | The Ascension with five Irish saints and St. Michael and St. James | |
| Chapel of the Novitiate of the Oblate Fathers of St. Mary Immaculate, Belcamp College[30] | Balgriffin, Dublin 17 | 1925 | St. Brendan at the helm of his boat | |
| St. Malachy | Also known as St. Maol M'Aodhog | |||
| St. Kevin in his cave at Glendalough | ||||
| St. Laurence O'Toole in the ancient city of Dublin | Also known as Lorcon | |||
| St. Colmcille | ||||
| St. Duileach | ||||
| St. Damhnait | ||||
| St. Brigid | ||||
| St. Eithne and St. Fedhlim | ||||
| St. Gobnait | ||||
| St. Patrick | ||||
| St. Oliver Plunkett | ||||
| Richard Townley Suite, Ashdown Park Hotel[51][52] | Wych Cross, East Sussex | 1925 | Scenes from the life of Mary | The eight windows were designed for the chancel of the Chapel of Our Lady at the Convent of Notre Dame. The deconsecrated chapel is now the hotel's Richard Townley Suite.[53] |
| St. John the Baptist Church Duhill[54] | Castlegrace, Co. Tipperary | 1925 | Salomé receiving the head of John the Baptist | The windows memorialise Margaret Byrne of Ashgrove and her brothers: Rev. John Moran of Ballyduff, Rev. Thomas Moran of Newcastle and James Moran of Ballyknockane.[55] |
| The Apparition at Lourdes | ||||
| St. Michael's Catholic Church | Ballinasloe, Co. Galway | 1925 | Sts. Patrick and Rose of Lima | Clarke also designed a mural, Our Lady, St. John and two angels attending the Trinity (1924), for the church.[56] |
| St. Joseph's Church[30]: 94 | Carrickmacross, Co. Monaghan | 1925 | St. Ceara | Designed and partially constructed by Clarke.[57] |
| St. Dympna | Harry Clarke Studio under supervision by Clarke.[57] Additional Harry Clarke Studio windows are present in the church, too. | |||
| Sts. Macartan and Tigernach | ||||
| Sts. Fachnea and Enda | ||||
| Chapel of the Noel Family | Exton Park, Rutland | 1926 | Blessed Oliver Plunkett and Blessed Thomas More | |
| St. Mary's Church | Ballinrobe, Co. Mayo | 1926 | St. Fursey and St. Fechin | |
| St. Colman and St. Brendan | ||||
| St. Gormgall and St. Kieran | ||||
| St. Enda and St. Jarleth | ||||
| Assumption and Coronation of Blessed Virgin Mary | ||||
| Presentation in the Temple and Immaculate Conception | ||||
| Ecce Homo and Magdalen in the Garden | ||||
| Baptism of Christ and Ascension | ||||
| St. Patrick, St. Brigid and St. Colmcille | ||||
| St. Patrick's Church | Donabate, Co. Dublin | 1926 | Suffer little Children to come unto me | |
| Dominican Convent Chapel[58] |  Belfast | 1927 | Rose Window | [59] |
| Killaloe Church | Killaloe, Co. Clare | 1927 | The Presentation of Our Lord | |
| Annunciation and Flight into Egypt | ||||
| St. Patrick's at Carnalway | Kilcullen, Co. Kildare | 1922 | St. Hubert[60] | Commissioned by George A. Birmingham in memory of Percy and Lady Annette La Touche.[61] In 2006, An Post used an image of the window on its stamp marking the 75th anniversary of Clarke's death.[62] |
| Sandford Road Church | Ranelagh, Dublin 6 | 1927 | St. Paul with the Conversion of St. Paul in predella | The head of St. Peter is not original.[63] |
| St. Peter with St. Peter's Denial in predella | ||||
| St. Patrick's Church | Newport, Co. Mayo | 1927 | Last Judgement | |
| The Stained Glass Museum, Ely Cathedral | Ely, Cambridgeshire | 1927 | St. Wilfred and St. John Berchmans with the Presentation of our Lady in the Temple in lower panel | Originally made for the Convent of Notre Dame at Dowanhill in Glasgow, Scotland. Acquired by the museum in 1998.[64] |
| Tullycross Church | Renvyle, Co. Galway | 1927 | St. Barbara | |
| St. Bernard | ||||
| Apparition of the Sacred Heart | ||||
| All Saints Church |  Penarth, Cardiff | 1928 | The aged Simeon holding the infant Jesus | Both windows were destroyed in 1941 (or possibly as late as 1943) when the church was hit by a German air raid during World War II.[65][66] |
| 1930 | St. Michael and the Giving of the Laws to Moses, with St. Gabriel and the Annunciation | |||
| Bewley's Café, 78 Grafton Street | Dublin 2 | 1928 | Decorative windows | |
| Our Lady's Hospice[67] | Harold's Cross, Dublin 6 | 1928 | Sacred Heart | Windows originally designed for Rathfarnham Castle[30]: 297 Relocated in 1986. |
| St. Joseph and Our Lady | ||||
| St. Brigid's Church of Ireland | Castleknock, Dublin 15 | 1928 | St. Luke | The three tracery lights depict motifs from the cosmos.[68][69] |
| St. George | ||||
| St. Hubert | ||||
| St. Mary's Church of the Assumption | Tullamore, Co. Offaly | 1928 | St. Brendan | Windows originally designed for Rathfarnham Castle[30]: 297 Relocated to Tullamore in 1986.[70] |
| St. Patrick | ||||
| St. Benignus | ||||
| St. Peter | ||||
| St. Paul | ||||
| St. Ignatius of Loyola | ||||
| Christ's Wounds | ||||
| Cathedral of St. Eunan and St. Columba[71] | Letterkenny, Co. Donegal | 1929 | 10 clerestory windows | |
| St. Patrick's Purgatory[72] | Lough Derg, Co. Donegal | 1929 | St. Peter | The 14 windows include the Stations of the Cross[73]1. Jesus is condemned to death[74] |
| St. Paul | 2. Jesus takes up his cross[75] | |||
| Apostle Andrew | 3. Jesus falls the first time[76] | |||
| Apostle James | 4. Jesus Meets His Mother[77] | |||
| John the Evangelist | 5. Simon helps Jesus to carry the cross[78] | |||
| Apostle Philip | 6. Veronica wipes the face of Jesus[79] | |||
| Apostle Bartholomew | 7. Jesus falls the second time[80] | |||
| Apostle Thomas (Doubting Thomas) | 8. The women of Jerusalem weep for Jesus[81] | |||
| Apostle Matthew (Levi) | 9. Jesus falls the third time[82] | |||
| Apostle James, son of Alphaeus | 10. Jesus is stripped of his clothes[83] | |||
| St. Jude | 11. Jesus is nailed to the cross[84] | |||
| Apostle Simon the Zealot | 12. Jesus dies on the cross[85] | |||
| St. Matthias | 13. The body of Jesus is taken from the cross[86] | |||
| Mary, Queen of the Apostles | 14. The body of Jesus is laid in the tomb[87] | |||
| Everard Memorial Chapel, MIC, St. Patrick's Campus | Thurles, Co. Tipperary | 1929 | St. Thomas Aquinas | Commissioned by Very Revd. N Cooke, president of the college at the time, with donations from past presidents. Total cost was IR£436.10 |
| St. Columkille | ||||
| St. Columbanus | ||||
| St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church |  Bayonne, New Jersey | 1929 | Angel with Stole | A total of 40 windows were commissioned for the church, and Clarke completed designs and color schemes for the nine chancel windows by October 1928 and installed in 1929. Harry Clark Studios continued to work on the commission after Clarke's death.[88][89] |
| Angel with Cross | ||||
| Angel with Thurible | ||||
| Angel with Wine and Watery | ||||
| Angel with Chasuble | ||||
| Angel with Maniple | ||||
| Angel with Candle | ||||
| Angel with Ciborium | ||||
| Angel with Book | ||||
| Angel with Ciborium | ||||
| Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary | Timoleague, Co. Cork | 1929–30 | Holy Family and Flight into Egypt | Some sources attribute the windows to Clarke himself. The design drawings held at Trinity Library attribute them to Studio artists Cecil Simmonds and William J. Dowling,[90] although Richard King may also have collaborated on them.[91] |
| Coronation of the Virgin | ||||
| Assumption | ||||
| Christ meets his mother | ||||
| Miracle of Cana | ||||
| Death of St. Joseph | ||||
| Wolfsonian-FIU[92] | Miami Beach, Florida | 1930 | Geneva Window | Commissioned by the Irish Free State government for the League of Nations' International Labour Building in Geneva, but rejected for being "too provocative" and "unrepresentative". It was first installed in Government Buildings on Merrion Square before being purchased by Clarke's widow, Margaret, in 1933 for its original cost of IR£450.[93] The window was exhibited at the Hugh Lane Gallery in Dublin and by the Fine Art Society in London before being acquired by Mitchell Wolfson Jr. in 1988.[94][95] |